THEME EXPLORATION

time dilation

26 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
They Caught the Ferry
They Caught the Ferry
1948 · Carl Theodor Dreyer
Time Piece
Time Piece
1965 · Jim Henson
Past Lives
Past Lives
2023 · Celine Song
Dust in the Wind
Dust in the Wind
1986 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1995 · Michael Haneke
Your Name.
Your Name.
2016 · Makoto Shinkai
Run Lola Run
Run Lola Run
1998 · Tom Tykwer
Syndromes and a Century
Syndromes and a Century
2006 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
36 Fillette
36 Fillette
1988 · Catherine Breillat
Once Upon a Time, Cinema
Once Upon a Time, Cinema
1992 · Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Cronos
Cronos
1993 · Guillermo del Toro
Mountains May Depart
Mountains May Depart
2015 · Jia Zhangke
That Day, on the Beach
That Day, on the Beach
1983 · Edward Yang
ALL YOU NEED IS KILL
ALL YOU NEED IS KILL
2026 · Kenichiro Akimoto
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
2026 · Matt Johnson
Silent Friend
Silent Friend
2026 · Ildikó Enyedi
Chickenhare and the Secret of the Groundhog
Chickenhare and the Secret of the Groundhog
2026 · Benjamin Mousquet
Predestination
Predestination
2014 · Michael Spierig & Peter Spierig
“Histoire d’eaux” (segment) in Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
“Histoire d’eaux” (segment) in Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
2002 · Bernardo Bertolucci
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
2001 · Simon West
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004 · Alfonso Cuarón
Erosion
Erosion
1971 · Peter Greenaway
Embryo Larva Butterfly
Embryo Larva Butterfly
2023 · Kyros Papavassiliou
Windless
Windless
2024 · Pavel G. Vesnakov
Eternity and a Day
Eternity and a Day
1998 · Theodoros Angelopoulos
Panic in the Streets
Panic in the Streets
1950 · Elia Kazan
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Christopher Nolan United Kingdom

Explores time dilation through relativity in Interstellar and manipulates temporal perception across his filmography with non-linear narratives.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union/Russia

Uses extended takes and meditative pacing to create subjective time dilation, making viewers experience psychological and philosophical dimensions of temporal flow.

 Denis Villeneuve Canada

Directly addresses linguistic relativity and time perception in Arrival, where language fundamentally alters how characters experience and understand temporal progression.